Vermont § 7104 - Wrongful hospitalization or denial of rights; fraud; elopement A person shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, if he or she willfully causes, or conspires with or assists another to cause:
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§ 7104. Wrongful hospitalization or denial of rights; fraud; elopement A person shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, if he or she willfully causes, or conspires with or assists another to cause:
- (1) the hospitalization of an individual knowing that the individual is not mentally ill
or in need of hospitalization or treatment as an individual with a mental illness
or intellectual disability; or (2) the denial to any individual of any rights granted to him or her under this part of
this title; or (3) the voluntary admission to a hospital of an individual, knowing that he or she is
not mentally ill or eligible for treatment, thereby attempting to defraud the State;
or (4) the elopement of any patient from a hospital or who knowingly harbors any patient
who has eloped, or who aids in abducting a patient who has been conditionally discharged
from the person or persons in whose care and service that patient has been legally
placed. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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